Pub_Talk_and_the_King.ppt

Detailed Study of the text 4. As cold waters to a thirsty sol, so is good news from a far country. (analogy) 5. My brain was so powerful as a dynamo, as precise as a chemist’s scales, as penetrating as a scalpel. (simile) 6. The world is a stage. (metaphor) 7. To solve the problem is as difficult as untying a knot. (analogy) Detailed Study of the Text Part 4 (para.18-21) Questions: What is the function of para.18-19? 2. What does the author suggest about ‘the King’s English’ in para. 18-19? Detailed Study of the Text paraphrase: 1. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation. Slip and slide: to move out of place without being noticed ---even the most educated and the most literate do not use formal standard English all the time in their conversation. Detailed Study of the Text paraphrase: 2. There is no worse conversationalist than the one who punctuates his words as he speaks as if he were writing. Punctuate: to interrupt or occur frequently e.g. His words were punctuated by applauses. ---…who uses formal lg. in conversation as if he were writing. Detailed Study of the Text paraphrase: 3. When E. M. Forster writes of “the sinister corridor of our age,” we sit up at the vividness of the phrase, the force and terror in the image. Sit up and take notice: suddenly pay attention to /suddenly become alert 引起注意 ---…his description was so vivid and the image so forceful and terrible that we would be shocked and frightened. Detailed Study of the text Questions on content of Part2: (Par.4-11) 1. How did people in the pub get involved in the topic about Australians? And how did their conversation swing from Australian convicts to the English peasants? (language barrier) 2. How does the use of words show class distinction/rift (between the Saxon churls and their Norman conquerors?) 3. Can you infer from para.11 about the author’s attitude towards bilingual education? Questions on figures suddenly the alc